Bennett Park / Fort Washington

Fort Washington was built by the Continental Army on the highest
natural point in Manhattan during the summer of 1776.
The hastily-constructed five-bastion fort had earthen-walls that offered
little defense against attackers. The fort was the last stronghold
in Manhattan to fall to the British on November 16, 1776 and it remained
in British hands until the Americans regained control of New York on
November 25, 1783. During the war, the fort was renamed Fort Knyphausen
after Wilhelm, Baron von Knyphausen (1716-1800), a German general in
British service. The fort effectively vanished after the war with the
surrounding area ultimately becoming the Washington Heights neighborhood.
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Fort Washington should not be confused with Fort Washington Park,
which runs along the Hudson River to the West on land acquired by the
city through condemnation between 1896 and 1927.

The true location of Fort Washington is in James Gordon Bennett Park,
located between 183rd Street, 185th Street, Fort Washington Avenue and
Pinehurst Avenue. James Gordon Bennett (1795-1872) was the founder, editor
and publisher of the New York Herald and a pioneer in the American
newspaper business. Bennett owned this plot of land and his son,
James Gordon Bennett, Jr. (1841-1918), permitted the Sons of the American
Revolution to erect the bronze and marble memorial pictured here. After Bennett
died, the property was sold although the former fort location was not
subdivided and was ultimately bought by the city for a park in 1928.
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